Motor



G. H. DEIN MOTOR Filed Sept. 18. 1920 NTOR.

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Patented May 13, 1924.

GEORGE H. DEIN, OF VVOODI'IAVEN, YORK.

MOTOR.

Application filed. September 18, 1920. Serial No 411,035.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. Gi-ionur. H. llniN, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVoodhaven, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motors, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to automobiles and more particularly to motors therefor.

The main object of the invention is to provide a motor of this character combining in a single unit the engine proper including the crank case and contents, cylinders and water jacket; the transmission, fan and radiator so constructed and assembled that all of the parts above mentioned form substantially a unitary structure which issupported at three points only and may be removed bodily as a single unit for repairs or other purposes by simply removing three bolts and which is replaced in the same manner and secured. by the insertion of the three bolts.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out-in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a motor constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof with parts broken out, and in section; and

Fig. 3 is a detail showing the connection of the engine to the chassis.

In the embodiment illustrated the motor constituting this invention comprises in a single unit the engine 1 arranged either in front of or at the rear oil the radiator 2, it

being here shown positioned in front of the radiator and equipped with the usual water jacket 3 connected with the radiator by circulating pipes t and The engine 1 may be of any desired make, being here shown provided with six cylinders shown at 6, the crank case of the engine being shown made in sections 7 and 8 detachably connected, with a sectional fiy wheel casing 9 carried by one end thereof. The upper portion 10 of this casing 9 is made in. the form of a hopper-like structure being open at its top and ar 'anged directly below the radiator The opposite ends of the member 10 carry laterally projecting apertured lugs 11 through which are passed bolts 12- which connect bracket arms 13 on the radiator to the member 10 so that while the radiator is substantially unitary with the motor it may be readily detached when desired. As shown clearly-at the left of Fig. 2 the radiator bracket arms 13 have depending sleeves 13 forming a continuation of the bolt apertures in the arms and which are designed to enter the apertures of the lugs 11 so that when the bolts 12 are removed to separate the unitary structure above described plrom the car frame, the radiator will be held engaged with the fiy wheel casing permitting the en tire structure to be lifted out of the :trame without danger of the. lateral slipping of the parts. I

The fly wheel 14 which mounted in the casing 9 has the spokes 14 thermal provided with blades to adapt it to operate as a suctiou fan for drawing in air and owing to its position below the radiator air will be sucked through the radiator and against both :t'aces thereof to effectively cool it.

The transmission indicated at 15 is carried by the crank case being mounted on the fly wheed casing 9 at the rear thereof as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. The front end of the engine is equipped with a hanger 18 provided with a laterally extending apeitured arm 18 through which and the frame 0 passes a bolt 12 said arm 18 being shown overlapping the frame of the car (See Fig. 3.) whereby the front end of the engine is connected with the frame and secured by a single bolt.

From the above description. it- 'will be obvious that the engine proper l. radiator 2 carrying instrument board 17, crank case, combined fly wheel and tan, and the transmission are all connected to form a single unit which may be readily removed from the automobile by removing the two bolts 12 and bolt 12 at the front and replaced in assembled position avoiding the necessity of detaching the individual parts when it is desired to remove the motor.

lVhile a motor constructed as a single unitconstitutes an essential feature of this in vention the arrangement of thev n'iounting of the unit by a three point suspension is regarded also as an essential feature and provides for the rapid removal and replace ment of the unit which may be performed by an unskilled \vorlnnan, the only labor necessary being the removal ot' the. three bolts 12 and 12 The construction of the motor as above described minimizes the number of parts necessary to its operation in addition to the advantages above set forth.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications Within the scope of the claims may be made in the con struction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A. motor vehicle comprising the combination with a bodily removable single unit including a crank ease, fly Wheel case, an internal combustion driving mechanism, transmission, fan and radiator assembled to form a unitary structure. of a pair of oppo sitely extending laterally disposed arms car ried by the fly Wheel case and each having its outer end formed with a vertial opening, said arms seating on the frame of the vehicle. a pair of oppositelyextending laterally disposed arms carried by the radiator and seating on the outer ends of the arms carried by the fly Wheel case, said arms car-- ried by the radiator having their outer ends apertured and further provided with de pending sleeves registering with said apertures and extending into the openings of the arms carried by the fly Wheel case. a single hold-fast device extending through each of the sleeves for securing the said arms of the radiator and fly wheel case to the frame of the vehicle, and an apertured hanger arranged cent-rally of one end of the unit and adapted to be secured at one point with the frame of the vehicle.

2. A motor vehicle comprising the combination with a single unit formed of an engine, a crank case, a fly Wheel case, a transmission, fan and a radiator assembled to form a unitary structure bodily removable and replaceable. of inter-engageable supporting means at each side of the radiator and fly Wheel case for said unit, the said means at each side of the radiator and fly Wheel case mounted on the vehicle frame, a single holdfast device engageable with the. vehicle frame andeach of said supporting means, a. supporting means arranged centrally of one end of said unit and projecting therefrom, and a single hold-fast device for connecting the last mentioned supporting means with the vehicle frame.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

GEORGE H. DEIN. 

